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US conservative author Candace Owens speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2022 (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida on February 25, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't quit trans lying

Amanda Marcotte

The Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory helps MAGA cope with their own contradictory gender ideology

Sarah Jessica Parker in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

A woman alone at the end of her story

Melanie McFarland

Carrie Bradshaw leaves us with a question, and answer, that should have been the start of something wonderful

A protester draped with a combined US-Mexican flag kneels in front of a police line while demonstrating against the Trump administration during the "No Kings" national rally in downtown Austin, Texas. (Photo by Sergio Flores/ Getty Images)

Census plan could shrink Texas influence

Owen Dahlkamp - The Texas Tribune

Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants could have unforeseen consequences in border states

Tom Cruise attends the "F1: The Movie" European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Cruise turned down Kennedy Center honor

Alex Galbraith

The "Mission Impossible" star cited scheduling conflicts

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at Gemperle Orchard on April 16, 2025 in Ceres, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom calls for election to redraw maps

Garrett Owen

The move comes amid a gerrymandering push by Donald Trump

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden not sorry about Epstein-Trump talk

Alex Galbraith

Facing a $1B defamation suit, Biden refused to walk back statements about Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein

Mayor of Baltimore Brandon Maurice Scott (R) holds a Press Conference on April 2, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump targeting "Black-led cities"

Tatyana Tandanpolie

"We cannot overstate the racial undertones here,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Thursday

Taylor Swift performs at Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 16, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift is in her sourdough era

Ashlie D. Stevens

Between tours and albums, Swift is kneading her way through some colorful new baking projects

FBI and Border Patrol officers arrest a man, after he threw a sandwich at law enforcement on August 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Man charged for tossing sandwich at feds

Garrett Owen

The incident occurred after President Donald Trump deployed federal agents in a show of force in Washington, DC

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Meta's AI chatbot creeped on children

Blaise Malley

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters show Meta’s AI guidelines permitted sexual conversations with minors

The logo of the furniture store IKEA can be seen on shopping carts (Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

IKEA recalls 54,000 garlic presses

Joy Saha

Apparently, “small metal pieces can detach from the garlic press" and cause injury to customers

McDonald's french fries packaging (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

When McDonald's invades the hospital

Ashlie D. Stevens

From highways to hallways, fast-food chains are taking over the spaces where we live, learn and heal

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump, Abbott bring autocracy to Texas

Chauncey DeVega

As the Lone Star State's Democratic lawmakers resist, national Democrats should take a lesson

Steve Bannon, former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 11, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The GOP plot to rig a House majority

Russell Payne

Party operatives think gerrymandering, a new Census and a friendly Supreme Court can help keep Republicans in power

People lay flowers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial after a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary ceremony of the atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 2025. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images))

Hiroshima remains an ongoing nightmare

Eric Ross - TomDispatch.com

The bombing's specter looms over the devastation of Gaza and Ukraine

Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes performs during Coachella 2010. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

The worst of all time?

Alex Galbraith

Alex Ebert defended his 2009 hit "Home" against accusations of being the worst song ever

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump arrive for a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Soviet gaffe raises concerns

Alex Galbraith

The president's mental state is in the spotlight once again

Actory Sylvester Stallone poses for a playful portrait with businessman Donald Trump at a lupus charity event held at Bud and Marla Paxon's home in Palm Beach, Florida, February 24, 1997. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Trump shares Kennedy Center honorees

Alex Galbraith

The president said he avoided "wokesters" in picking his first batch of honorees as Kennedy Center chairman

Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss, alongside future convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago on February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images))

Dems demand answers on Ghislaine Maxwell

Garrett Owen

Democrats want to know why the convicted sex offender was recently transferred to a minimum-security prison

The side hustle of selling feet pics (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty / Vitalssss / Boonchai Wedmakawand)

Selling feet pics blurs boundaries

Ilana Amselem

Dipping a toe into a sexy side hustle made me think twice about making my body a product

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don't forget what we owe Ukraine

Sabrina Haake

The U.S. has an obligation to defend Ukraine — and democratic values

Kim Davis (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

How the GOP plans to end gay marriage

Amanda Marcotte

Conservative justices are aching to declare that Christians are oppressed by other people's marriages

(MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

USDA spent thousands on Trump banners

Charles R. Davis

Department also ordered but never displayed banner that featured Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins behind Trump

The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas court could remove nuclear option

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

The Texas Supreme Court could permanently kill Texas Democrats' ability to stall legislation

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